“He’s an incredibly successful, best-selling novelist, and I am his kid. And that helped me,” Haris says. “I think it was my job not just to acknowledge that, but also, when I was applying, to present myself as someone outside of who he is.”Legacy studentsgrapple "For all those moments of not knowing if we were going up or going down, I can always come back to this picture and know we can always make it back up," she continued. "As a mother I was helpless, scared and all I could do was pray for both of them, Francia's beautiful family. I am pretty sure I am banned from that hospital. Mama Bear was in high gear. Selena gained a kidney, I was able to keep my little girl, but I also gained another daughter....thank you to everyone who was there for Sel, Francia and our families. We survived from all the love, prayers and God."Previously, Francia's mom Virginia Almendarezalso weighed in on the surgery Teen Vogue: I think you’re very right about that, that many Americans have such a deep cynicism about the possibility of change through politics. But do you see any signs of hope, there? Fear is a quite powerful motivator. It's also corrosive and toxic and we don't want to let it get out of control, or be the only way we think about climate change. But, especially given that it is a rational response to the state of the science as we understand, I also don't think we should be scared of being scared. From a truth-telling perspective, the world is scary. We should trust the public with that information.